Walter van Praag has Cystic Fibrosis and does inspirational adventures to raise awareness and funds for CF and encourage people to become Organ Donors.
This year Walter is travelling to the USA to get Phage Therapy to eradicate an antibiotic-resistant bacteria out of his lung. Phage Therapy is a serious contender to replace, or at least adjunct antibiotics treatment to fight antibiotic-resistant infections.

Monday, March 11, 2019

Biophage Research at Monash University

Dr Benjamin Chan from Yale now has my medical info from my various doctors and a couple of hospital discharge summaries. I hope they can make progress in getting FDA approval and schedule me in!

In the meantime I came across an Australian researcher, Monash biologist Dr Jeremy J. Barr, who was awarded a Ramaciotti Award grant for Biomedical Research worth $137,534. His research is in bacteriophage treatment to combat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections.

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Raising Awareness for CF

This was originally the website for Vietnam to Singapore, 5100kms by bicycle through SE Asia, and the Mount Kinabalu Climb, but that is now in the past! I did the Coughing in the Sails regatta in Sydney, and later a bicycle ride from Melbourne to Sydney on a Dutch City Bicycle (we all need a challenge!), all of these raised valuable funding and awareness for Cystic Fibrosis! The big one of course was in 2007 when I cycled from Paris to Istanbul, 5000kms.

Now we continue to raise funds and awareness for Cystic Fibrosis and Organ Donations through the next challenge... hiking 800kms across Spain along the historic pilgrimage route of El Camino de Santiago de Compostella!